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GRAZING FIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grazing fire mean?
• GRAZING FIRE (noun)
The noun GRAZING FIRE has 1 sense:
1. fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
Familiarity information: GRAZING FIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("grazing fire" is a kind of...):
fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)
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